- Feb 5 Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexican composer and violinist of the Porfiriato period, born in Tecámac, Mexico (d. 1893)
- Feb 13 Karel Weis, Czech composer and folk song collector, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1944)
- Feb 17 Edward German (Jones), English composer (Merrie England), born in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England (d. 1936)